Chikuma class
The Hirado in 1912
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The Chikuma class ( Japanese 筑 摩 型 防護 巡洋艦 , Chikuma-gata bōgojun'yōkan ) was a class of three protected cruisers ( light cruisers ) of the Imperial Japanese Navy .
History and commitment
The Chikuma class was the last class of small armored cruisers (later light cruisers; Japanese: Nitō Junyōkan (cruiser II. Class)) built for the Japanese navy before World War I. All three ships were in 1914 in the hunt for the German East Asia Squadron of Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee involved. In the course of this, the Chikuma took part with other Japanese warships in search of the SMS Emden in the Indian Ocean . In 1917, at the request of the British Admiralty , the Chikuma and Hirado were sent to Australia and New Zealand to protect the trade routes.
The Chikuma was assigned to the reserve in 1924, decommissioned in 1931 and scrapped in 1935. The Hirado and the Yahagi were school and living ships in 1940 and both were dismantled after the war in 1947.
List of ships
Surname | Shipyard | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | Whereabouts |
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Chikuma (筑 摩 ) |
Sasebo Naval Shipyard, Sasebo | April 1, 1909 | April 1, 1911 | May 17, 1912 | decommissioned on April 1, 1931 and scrapped from 1935 |
Hirado (平 戸 ) |
Kawasaki , Kobe | August 10, 1910 | June 29, 1911 | June 17, 1912 | Decommissioned in 1939 and scrapped after 1947 |
Yahagi (矢 矧 ) |
Mitsubishi , Nagasaki | June 20, 1910 | October 3, 1911 | July 27, 1912 | Decommissioned in 1940 and scrapped after 1947 |
literature
- Bruno Weyer (Ed.): Taschenbuch der Kriegsflotten 1922, JF Lehmann-Verlag Munich, new edition 1922
- Weyer's pocket book of the war fleets 1941/42
- Gustav Jensen: Sea Power Japan. Karl Siegismund, Berlin 1943